Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Round tower
Emly, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Emly
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- TS065-013022-
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The National Monuments Service's description
Unlocated within Emily. The Annals record that the 'cloig-theach' at the monastery at Emly was completely burnt, together with the church, in 1058 by Turlough O'Brien (Barrow 1979, 190). A sketch by Thomas Dineley, drawn in 1681, shows the medieval cathedral (TS065-013002-) from the NE with the E gable in the foreground. A ruined structure is depicted immediately to the NW of the cathedral, at the W end of the N side aisle, which Barrow (ibid.) speculates may be the remains of the round tower.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 13 May 2014
References
White, J.D. 1892 Anthologia Tipperariensis. Cashel.
Lennox Barrow, G. 1979 The round towers of Ireland: a study and gazetteer. Dublin. The Academy Press.